Also in GB2RS this week…

| October 9, 2025

Volunteers at the RSGB National Radio Centre (NRC) had a particularly busy weekend at the end of September 2025. It was 1940s weekend at Bletchley Park, for which the centre set up the GB1SOE station, and over the weekend RSGB volunteers welcomed almost 1,100 visitors through the doors. If you’d like to be part of this engaging and motivated team, the NRC Coordinator is currently looking for a volunteer specifically to join the Friday team. If you’d like to find out more about this role email Martyn Baker, G0GMB on nrc.support@rsgb.org.uk.

RAF Air Cadets Exercise Blue Ham will take place on the 60m band from 0700 to 1600UTC over the weekend of 18 and 19 October 2025. To operate you must be a Full licence holder. More details can be found at alphacharlie.org.uk.

The RSGB wishes to record, with sadness, the passing of GB2RS Newsreader Peter Valentine, G0NQZ at the grand age of 101. Age was no barrier to Peter. At a mere 96, he walked 96 miles for his local hospital charity, and he was still broadcasting GB2RS from Eastbourne in his 100th year. He was described by a fellow Newsreader as a true ambassador for amateur radio. Peter had a wonderfully distinctive voice on the air and for many years he also read a talking newspaper for the blind. Our thoughts are with Peter’s wife Heather and family.

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